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Heroic Grandmother
This women is the absolute definition of a hero in my eyes. May she rest in peace. I can also say that I am glad Texas has the death penalty, for if ever there was a man who deserved it, it's this one.
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Heroic-Grandmother-Gave-Her-Life-Saving-Ramona/qWjpeyXBakuZRHrHns0Ffw.cspx?rss=800
RAMONA - A 12-year-old Ramona girl was home safe Friday thanks to her grandmother who gave her life when she stood up to an armed kidnapper who was pulling the eighth-grader into his truck at a Texas gas station.
Cassidy Blankenbaker and her older brother had just arrived in Amarillo, Texas, for their annual summer visit with their grandparents when the tragedy occurred last week, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
The family had stopped at a truckstop for a bathroom break when an overweight man in a cowboy hat and boots jumped out of his pickup truck and grabbed Cassidy by the wrist, ordering her at gunpoint to get into his truck, according to the newspaper.
As 63-year-old Sharrel Blankenbaker put herself between her granddaughter and the man and yelled, she was shot in the lung by the kidnapper, according to the newspaper.
"I think she'd have done that for anyone," Cassidy told the newspaper. "She was just that kind of person."
Cassidy broke free in the chaos and ran but was chased by the kidnapper, who eventually gave up after Cassidy's older brother hid her, the Union-Tribune reported.
Immediately after giving up on Cassidy, the man snatched another young girl in the area and was pulled over a short time later by local law enforcement, who shot him dead. He was identified as Gary Don Carner, 58, according to the Union-Tribune.
The girl he snatched after Cassidy was not hurt.
Earlier in the night, Carner apparently failed in attempts to kidnap two women.
This is one of those stories that will forever stay with me. I hope that if necessary I could show the same level of courage...what an inspiration this beautiful women was/is.
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Heroic-Grandmother-Gave-Her-Life-Saving-Ramona/qWjpeyXBakuZRHrHns0Ffw.cspx?rss=800
RAMONA - A 12-year-old Ramona girl was home safe Friday thanks to her grandmother who gave her life when she stood up to an armed kidnapper who was pulling the eighth-grader into his truck at a Texas gas station.
Cassidy Blankenbaker and her older brother had just arrived in Amarillo, Texas, for their annual summer visit with their grandparents when the tragedy occurred last week, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
The family had stopped at a truckstop for a bathroom break when an overweight man in a cowboy hat and boots jumped out of his pickup truck and grabbed Cassidy by the wrist, ordering her at gunpoint to get into his truck, according to the newspaper.
As 63-year-old Sharrel Blankenbaker put herself between her granddaughter and the man and yelled, she was shot in the lung by the kidnapper, according to the newspaper.
"I think she'd have done that for anyone," Cassidy told the newspaper. "She was just that kind of person."
Cassidy broke free in the chaos and ran but was chased by the kidnapper, who eventually gave up after Cassidy's older brother hid her, the Union-Tribune reported.
Immediately after giving up on Cassidy, the man snatched another young girl in the area and was pulled over a short time later by local law enforcement, who shot him dead. He was identified as Gary Don Carner, 58, according to the Union-Tribune.
The girl he snatched after Cassidy was not hurt.
Earlier in the night, Carner apparently failed in attempts to kidnap two women.
This is one of those stories that will forever stay with me. I hope that if necessary I could show the same level of courage...what an inspiration this beautiful women was/is.
I meant to say anyone else! Poor grandma! That is true love for sure. I am glad they killed the guy! EW that makes me feel terrible to say something like that but it was him or that young girl! So I am glad it was him.
Well, the Grandmother died. It is so so sad. Died protecting her Granddaughter. If you google the headline, there is a video of the Granddaughter talking about her. A beautiful tribute to an incredibly brave women.
Whoa! I have great respect for this woman! And I am glad they got him before he hurt anyone.
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